Cobalt

Uses, Properties, & Facts

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cobalt

cobalt (Co), chemical element, ferromagnetic metal of Group 9 (VIIIb) of the periodic table, used especially for heat-resistant and magnetic alloys.

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The metal was isolated (c. 1735) by Swedish chemist Georg Brandt, though cobalt compounds had been used for centuries to impart a blue colour to glazes and ceramics. Cobalt has been detected in Egyptian statuettes and Persian necklace beads of the 3rd millennium bce, in glass found in the Pompeii ruins, and in China as early as the Tang dynasty (618–907 ce) and later in the blue porcelain of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). The name kobold was first applied (16th century) to ores thought to contain copper but eventually found to be poisonous arsenic-bearing cobalt ores. Brandt finally determined (1742) that the blue colour of those ores was due to the presence of cobalt.

Element Properties
atomic number27
atomic weight58.933194
melting point1,495 °C (2,723 °F)
boiling point2,870 °C (5,198 °F)
density 8.9 gram/cm3 at 20 °C (68 °F)
oxidation states+2, +3
electron configuration[Ar]3d74s2

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